Sheep shearing removes the coat after the winter is over and allows the new coat to grow unimpeded

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Sheep shearing, shearing or clipping is the process by which the woollen fleece of a sheep is cut off. The person who removes the sheep's wool is called a shearer. Typically each adult sheep is shorn once each year (a sheep may be said to have been "shorn" or "sheared", depending upon dialect). The annual shearing most often occurs in a shearing shed, a facility especially designed to process often hundreds and sometimes more than 3,000 sheep per day.

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Location: Kincraig Farm Strathspey Inverness-shire Highland Region Scotland UK
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